Search for dissertations about: "critical discourse analysis women in media"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words critical discourse analysis women in media.

  2. 1. Psychosurgery in Sweden 1944 - 1958 : the practice, the professional and media discourse

    Author : Kenneth Ögren; Marie Åsberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; lobotomy; Sweden; schizophrenia; mortality; gender; behaviour; implementation; media; discourse; profession; neurosurgeon; psychiatrist; medical superintendent; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

    Abstract : Background. The pioneering early experiments of prefrontal lobotomy were performed in 1944 by neurosurgeons in Stockholm in collaboration with psychiatrists. There was a rapid implementation of the new surgical approach. In 1946 and 1947 the two state mental hospitals, Umedalen and Sidsjön, introduced prefrontal lobotomy on a large scale. READ MORE

  4. 2. Recontextualising ageing as a choice : A critical approach to representations of successful ageing

    Author : Lame Maatla Kenalemang-Palm; Göran Eriksson; Sofia Strid; Maria Edström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cosmetic advertising; grey market; intersectionality; Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis; neoliberalism; older women; postfeminism; successful ageing;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the intersection between representations of ageing femininities, empowerment, and oppression in marketing and advertising practices, within the context of successful ageing. In the current era of population ageing, debates on gender and ageing are becoming more pronounced. READ MORE

  5. 3. Becoming Image : Perspectives on Digital Culture, Fashion and Technofeminism

    Author : Lisa Ehlin; Louise Wallenberg; Nina Lager Vestberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Technology; Selfie; Embodiment; Tumblr; Memory; Instagram; Posthumanism; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

    Abstract : Departing from a technofeminist perspective, Becoming Image, places the digital image in a broader context of modern and postmodern technological discourses and fashion. In four articles, the compilation dissertation expands a contemporary and imagistic tech discourse by questioning the ideology of ”masculinity”―specifically the idea of it as a historically male domain. READ MORE